Demanding release of arrested student…

January 24, 2017  

A group of students from the University of the Visual and Performing Arts in Colombo today (24) staged a protest march demanding the release of seven students recently arrested and remanded in connection  with  the protest in Kollupitiya. The protesting students, who marched towards the Town Hall area, also set fire to an effigy of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. (Pic By - Sanjeewa Lasantha)

Demanding release of arrested student…
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